AC 10638 - Reading, Believing, Loving, Living

AC 10628 [2]

It is said that if Moses’ people observe
that which Jehovah commands,
He will drive out these nations from their faces,
by which is meant
that if they do the primary precepts
which are of the eternal truth,
evils and falsities will be removed.
These precepts are the things
which follow in the internal sense,
the chief of which are
that they should not acknowledge
any other god than the Lord;
and that from Him is all good and truth;
and also that salvation and eternal life are from Him.

With those who believe these things,
and love it to be so,
all evil and falsity are removed
while they are reading the Word,
because the Lord then enlightens them and leads them.
And then they do not think from themselves,
nor are they affected by the Word from themselves,
but from the Lord;
consequently no evil and falsity of evil enter,
because the Lord removes these.
These are they who understand the Word,
and are affected by the truths from it,
and also love to live according to them.